Friday, September 14, 2012

Let us see whether you qualify to become President of the
United States.

Most of the content are from Wikipedia and other web sites.

You were born in New York city. Do you have your birth
certificate?

Cooper was educated at the Dalton School, a co-educational
independent school in New York City. At age 17, after graduating from the
Dalton School a semester early, Cooper travelled around Africa for several
months on a "survival trip". He contracted malaria on the trip and
was hospitalized in Kenya. Describing the experience, Cooper wrote "Africa was a
place to forget and be forgotten in." Cooper went on to attend Yale University,
where he resided in Trumbull College, and was inducted into the Manuscript
Society. majoring in political science and graduated in 1989.

During college, Cooper spent two summers as an intern at the
Central Intelligence Agency. Cooper then
entered Myanmar on his own with his forged press pass and met with students
fighting the Burmese government. After
reporting from Burma, Cooper lived in Vietnam for a year to study the
Vietnamese language at the University of Hanoi. Anderson was filming and assembling reports of
Vietnamese life and culture. He later returned to filming stories from a
variety of war-torn regions around the globe, including Somalia, Bosnia, and
Rwanda.

On assignment for several years Cooper had very slowly
become desensitized to the violence he was witnessing around him; the horrors
of the Rwandan Genocide became trivial: "I would see a dozen bodies and
think, you know, it's a dozen, it's not so bad."

Describing his philosophy as an anchor, Cooper has said: I think the notion
of traditional anchor is fading away, the all-knowing, all-seeing person who
speaks from on high. I don't think the audience really buys that anymore. As a
viewer, I know I don't buy it. I think you have to be yourself, and you have to
be real and you have to admit what you don't know, and talk about what you do
know, and talk about what you don't know as long as you say you don't know it.

Cooper covered a number of important stories in 2005,
including the tsunami damage in Sri Lanka; the Cedar Revolution in Beirut,
Lebanon; the death of Pope John Paul II; and the royal wedding of Prince
Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles.

During CNN coverage of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina,
he confronted Sen. Mary Landrieu, Sen. Trent Lott, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson
about their perception of the government response. As Cooper said later in an
interview with New York magazine, “Yeah, I would prefer not to be emotional and
I would prefer not to get upset, but it’s hard not to when you’re surrounded by
brave people who are suffering and in need.”

As Broadcasting &
Cable magazine noted, "In its aftermath, Hurricane Katrina served to usher
in a new breed of emo-journalism, skyrocketing CNN's Anderson Cooper to
superstardom as CNN's golden boy and a darling of the media circles because of
his impassioned coverage of the storm."

In October 2007 Cooper began hosting the documentary Planet
in Peril, with Sanjay Gupta and Jeff Corwin on CNN. In 2008 he, Gupta, and Lisa
Ling from National Geographic Explorer teamed up for a sequel, "Planet in
Peril: Battle Lines," which premiered in December 2008. In 2007 he also
began hosting CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute, a show which honors and
recognizes extraordinary deeds by ordinary people.

Anderson Cooper broadcasts live across the globe with
Hurricane Isaac updates on Monday (August 27) from New Orleans, La. Anderson
stayed in the area for the storm, and witnessed first hand some of the damage
it caused. “After 8 hours in the storm I am now dry and warm and
reminded of how lucky I am. So many around the world have no safe shelter, no
warm bed” Anderson tweeted. The storm has left thousands in flooded conditions without
power, and heavy rains and wind still continue to barrage the targeted areas.
Our thoughts go out to those affected by Hurricane Isaac.

Anderson, your resume looks very impressive. You have been
all around the world. That’s good. But, you know, there are only two paths available to become
President of United States. Did you go to those conventions.

No, I couldn’t go to Republican National Convention. I was
reporting Hurricane Isaac.

Anderson, that is the best thing to do; not just reading the
news from a comfortable studio or reporting from convention floor; you were
there, facing the storm. So, when there is a crisis, you lead from the front.
Crisis demands leadership. I think, Anderson, people may consider your
candidacy. But, either of those two parties need to nominate you

.

You know, America is all about two party system. American
democracy is built on two party. In China, it is single party. They have no
freedom; but Americans have freedom to choose either from Coca-Cola or from
Pepsi. Of course, freedom of choice is limited. In the British model, they have
many political parties. More parties means more freedom to choose from. More
choices lead to more confusions and chaos.

Single party system effectively works in China. One cannot
blame others for his or her failure. The single party is responsible for
success and for failure too. That is the reason, China is still strong in its
economy and they won several medals in Olympics. There is no unemployment in
China.

The Founding Fathers did a mistake. Constitution of United
States supports only two party system. Even though you qualify to be a
candidate for President of United States, US constitution doesn’t give you an
opportunity. Constitution denied the opportunity to Hillary Clinton and several
others.

Mean while, Wolf Blitzer was referring to the constitution.
Now, with electronic copy, you could easily search for words. Wolf was
searching for words, primary, party, dnc, rnc, nomination; no such words exist in
the constitution document. When it hurts them, then humans take a fresh look at
the constitution. Till then, humans live in their accumulated knowledge. Wolf
Blitzer interrupted and said that Anderson, you can have your name in the ballot.
That is not at all a problem.

Aaron Brown lost his job when you came in; we don’t know who
is going to lose job, now.

Anderson, President job is not an easy one; sometimes as the
President you may need to make some tough decision. In your profile, you
visited those war-torn regions. You visited once the war was over. You had not seen the war; that may be tough for you
to handle such a situation.

Anderson said that he was reporting from the border between Syria and Turkey.

Anderson, your experience from the real killing field makes
the best Commander-in-Chief.

Anderson, nothing can now stop you from getting your name on the
ballot; people know you; you are real; you don’t hide any truth. You don’t need
to invest huge money in any advertisements and campaign materials. Your work is
your action. You can. You can win this election and become the President of
United States. But, the problem is, you don’t have a majority in Congress.
Whatever is now happening to Obama may happen to you. As the President, you can
make policy; but Congress may not vote in favor. So, you cannot deliver.
Anderson, you cannot be an effective President.

Again, Wolf Blitzer was extensively searching the
constitution document, with a fresh interest of a young school kid. Then, Wolf
said that Anderson, there is a clear separation between the executive and the
legislative. As the executive, you have
nothing to do with the legislative and policy making. The legislative makes the
policy and as the executive, you just execute those policies. If it doesn’t
work, let them know; they will discuss and make necessary amendments.

Wolf was whispering to Anderson; democrats controlled
congress; or republican controlled congress; partisan; bipartisan; all are
irrelevant. All three branches are equal and they are three parts. All three
parts constitute and form the government. There is no hierarchy. Each branch is
independent and has a role to play and has responsibility to deliver their
results. So, for the success and for the failure, you can not just blame one
branch. Together, all branches work and lift America to a new level.

Anderson, then said, running America is just like running
CNN. Let us do it.

Thursday, September 13, 2012

There was a movie made in India. It is all about a
television anchor becoming the President. As part of his profession, this
television anchor was interviewing the head of the state. During the interview,
the TV guy asked so many questions. For instance, you as television anchor
interviewing the President.

You ask questions about the economy, about Afghanistan, about
employment and so many tough questions. The President tries to give you
diplomatic answer; the President is not willing to go into details. The
President keeps complaining about the system; about Congress and its members.
But, you are not taking those as answers. The President lost his cool and
challenged the television anchor.

The President says, “Anderson, it is easy to ask questions.
Politics is not easy as you think. There are so many challenges. Real
challenges from outside; internal economic and employment problems. And a very
tough Congress. It is not an easy job.”

Anderson says, “Yes. Mr. President. Those things do exist.
Everyone knows about it. President of United States is a very challenging job. But
still people do expect you to deliver; people are not willing to listen to your
excuses.”

The President says, “Anderson, let me challenge you. Just
one day; just one day; could you sit in the President chair.”

This time, the President seriously challenges Anderson. The
President says, “Anderson, I am serious. I want you to sit in the President
chair for one day. I want you to learn and understand the job of the President.
Then you can report to the people with greater responsibility.”

Anderson starts thinking.
The interview is on live television. Whole America is watching.

The President continues, “Constitutionally, it is possible.
If you are ready, we can have you take the oath right here, right now. If you
are not ready to take up my challenge, then let us finish the interview.”

Anderson is sweating. After a while, Anderson says, “Yes. I
will take up this challenge.”

Supreme court judges came to the studio. Anderson took oath
and became the President of United States.

All he has is just one day. In that one day, Anderson did wonders. All his
one day actions are live on television. Along with television crew, Anderson
talks to the Congress members. People are watching the performance of the
Congress members. In a single day, Anderson worked with Congress members and got their approval on all pending
policies.

President Anderson talks to the people. Request the people
to pay taxes immediately; tell them the importance of being true to the
government and also to fellow citizens. Wall street starts working in the best
of the best manner. Almost total transformation is happening all around the
nation, in just one day.

With his performance, Anderson proved that the
President can effectively function without any problems and can deliver the
results. In climax, Anderson is about to hand over the power back
to the President after the end of the day;
but people wants Anderson to continue.
Anderson participates in the election and becomes the President of
United States.

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